Yvonne, a fifty-year-old geneticist, is
in the dock charged with being a co-conspirator in murder. She's
married to a good man, has two grown children, and is at the top of
her profession: how did she get here? A casual sexual encounter turns
into an affair and the affair changes her life.
I thought at first it was incredible
that a woman like Yvonne would have casual sex with someone whose
name she didn't even know, but the author was clever. Revealing her
history over the course of a few chapters, it no longer seemed like
such a stretch. That's the beauty of this novel. By giving the
psychological history of the characters, the author makes us believe
in events that seem quite foreign.
I did have a complaint with the
detection methods. If you're an avid mystery or thriller reader,
you'll see several flaws in the narrative that immediately derail the
story. However, if you can accept that the detection was done to the
standard of the time, you'll find the outcome surprising and quite
believable.
I enjoyed this novel. I thought I
wouldn't because the sexual adventures seemed so out of character for
the protagonist. However, the author buys you in and the ending is
quite surprising. I recommend this book if you like well written
psychological mysteries.
I reviewed this book for the Amazon
Vine Program.
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